Drink More Water

By drinking enough water, you will be helping your body to remain healthy.
Ideally, the average person should consume around ten cups of water per
day, or just over a half gallon.

Water is the single-most abundant nutrient in the body, accounting for
around 60% - 65% of your total weight. It is also the least forgiving
of all the nutrients you consume. You can survive for weeks without food,
but for only a couple of days without water. Water is responsible for
the transport of nutrients, oxygen and waste products, as well as for
regulating your body temperature and serving as the medium in which all
of your body's chemical reactions take place. Most people do not drink
enough pure clean water.

Drinking an adequate amount of clean water every day is one of the most
overlooked, but simplest ways of keeping your body healthy. Water is used
to help the body cleanse itself of toxins and metabolic waste. Although
drinking water has become more popular over the past several years, many
people still do not consume enough water. Instead, they drink coffee,
tea, juices and soft drinks and figure that they get enough fluids. It
is true that when you drink these things you are consuming water. However,
along with the water, you are also consuming a lot of other stuff that
the body will need to ultimately eliminate, so the potential beneficial
effect of the water is somewhat negated. To make matters worse, drinks
that contain caffeine, such as coffee, tea and soft drinks, actually cause
more water loss than the amount of water they contain, resulting in a
net loss of water.

Ideally, the average person should consume around ten cups of water per
day, or just over a half gallon. Some of this water is found in the food
and beverages you consume, so you don't have to drink an entire half-gallon
of water every day. An easy way to accomplish this is to buy a 1.5 liter
bottle of water from the local grocery store and to drink that amount
of water every day. If you exercise heavily, you may have to drink two
of those 1.5 liter bottles of water each day. By drinking enough water,
you will be helping your body to remain healthy. It is by far the cheapest
health insurance you can buy.